INDEX 



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Oak Ridge National Laboratory 



chemical nature of plutonium in ponds and 

 floodplain, 155 



rates of plutonium release, 372 

 Oxidation states 



of actinide elements, 3-4, 9, 146-148 

 in soil, 303-312 



effect of Eh and pH on, 10-12, 147-148 



effect on sorption, 147-154 



of plutonium in Great Lakes, 681 



Particles 

 CaMoO^ , used as tracer in resuspension 



studies, 276 

 »^^Cs, at Hanford, 272-273 

 deposition of, on plants, 290-292 

 plutonium, airborne flux at Hanford and 

 Rocky Flats, 245-250, 266-267 



attachment to Hudson River sediments, 

 688-689 



behavior on leaf surfaces, 292-294 



interception of wheat foliage, 388 



^ ^ * Pu and ^ ^ ' Pu in respirable and non- 

 respirable, 260-263, 272 



resuspension of, 240-250 



in or on soil, 156-160, 165-166 

 produced in nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll, 



543-544 

 ^^«Pu, study of, 107-142 

 settling rates in Great Lakes, 667-668, 680 

 zinc sulfide, used as tracer in resuspension 



studies, 276 

 Pathways for human exposure, 461-463, 691 

 ingestion, 50-51, 487^88, 692-693 

 inhalation, 50, 486-487, 692 

 Physical/chemical forms of transuranic ele- 

 ments 

 in Bikini Atoll marine environment, 562-569 

 in marine ecosystems, 581, 595-597 

 partitioning in Enewetak waters, 597-600 

 Plants 

 distribution of transuranics in, 368 

 effect on resuspension, 218, 285 

 interception factor, 470 

 uptake of transuranics by, 365-368 



role of microorganisms, 326-328 

 Plutonium (general) 

 in Bikini Atoll sediments, 545-559 

 chemical reactions in soil, 303-309 

 comparison with behavior of uranium and 



thorium in soils, 156-157 

 complexity of adsorption to soils, 154 

 distribution of, in Hudson River and estuary, 



685-689 

 export from Hanford U-Pond by biota, 637- 



639 



external contamination on agricultural plants 



at Oak Ridge, 391-394 

 foliar absorption and translocation, 294-297, 



470^71 

 in Great Lakes, 659-681 

 in Los Alamos canyon soils, 374-375 

 prediction of airborne concentrations, 270- 



273 

 rates of release at Los Alamos, New Mexico, 



372 

 solubility of, in soils at Nevada Test Site, 154 

 in White Oak Creek floodplain soil, 374-375 

 Plutonium-237, use in labeling experiments, 



525-529,617-618 

 Plutonium-238 

 in arctic ecosystems, 441-456 

 concentration ratio (CR), 363-368 

 concentration of SNAP-9A debris in 



Antarctic air samples, 78 

 concentrations on airborne soil, 250-253 

 decay product of ^ " ^ Cm at Bikini, 542 

 distribution, in Enewetak Atoll environs, 582 



in plants, 368 

 field experiments with, 363-368 

 foliar retention by plants, 291-293 

 isotopic differences in fallout vs. reprocessing 



plant sources, 382 

 from nuclear weapons fabrication plants, 



89-90 

 from nuclear weapons tests, 54 



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sediments, 551-554 

 in Enewetak sediments, 586-588 

 in/on nonrespirable particles at Rocky 

 Flats, 283 

 released to atmosphere at Savannah River 



plant, 382-384 

 released to White Oak Creek, 382-384 

 resuspension of, 247-250 

 in Rocky Flats biota, 431-433 

 in soil depth profiles at Rocky Flats, 425-426 

 from spacecraft power systems, 54, 83-85 

 uptake by plants, 363-365 



effect of soil concentration on, 365 

 variation in soil, 166-172 

 in wheat and corn at Savannah River plant, 

 388-391 

 concentration ratio (CR), 388-391 

 field grown compared with glasshouse 

 grown, 388-391 

 Plutonium-238, -239, and -240 

 in biota at Los Alamos, 407-414 

 in effluent ponds at Hanford, 612-613 

 in soils at Los Alamos, 409-414 

 Plutonium-239 

 airborne, at Hanford, 245-260 

 resuspension factors, 268-269 



